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clamor

Pronunciation: /ˈklæm.ɚ/

The English word “clamor” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  2. Any loud and continued noise.
  3. A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

verb

  1. To cry out or demand.
  2. To demand by outcry.
  3. To become noisy insistently.
  4. To influence by outcry.
  5. To silence.

Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

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